Political Quotes

“let me thank my colleague from Connecticut. He sponsored a filibuster on this issue, I believe it was last year. I participated in it, as did many Members of our caucus. Both he and Senator Blumenthal bring a special perspective to this issue of gun violence, representing the State of Connecticut and the families who lost their first graders. I believe they were first graders who were shot down, 20 of them killed in their classrooms. I remember, when I heard that story on how those children died and their teachers died, I thought to myself: This must be the moment that will motivate America to finally do something if innocent, first grade children can be shot down in their classrooms in this fashion. The honest answer is that we have spoken a lot about the issue, but we have done little or nothing to change the circumstances that led to their death. If that were the only case, it would be bad enough, but the Orlando nightclub--I believe 49 were killed there. Some crazed person went there and killed innocent people gathered at that nightclub. As Senator Murphy has said, when you go through the litany, it is an endless litany of victims of gun violence--and last night in Las Vegas, NV, the worst gun crime in the modern history of the United States of America, the worst. Estimates now, which I saw as I came to the floor, are that 58 have died and over 500 were seriously injured.…”